Sydney Greenwalt
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Biography
As a professor, and as a product of a residential liberal arts education, I work to capitalize on students’ unique talents and strengths to help them reach their full potential. Integrating my counseling psychologist identity, I use a strengths-based developmental approach geared to meet students where they are and build on their existing skill set; appreciating their passion and ability to learn. By making connections between the scientific study of psychology and its influence on the lives of students in the classroom I aim to create a personally and academically relevant experience for all students.
Clinically, I have provided individual and group psychotherapy, comprehensive psychological assessment, supervision of counselors-in-training, and psychoeducational outreaches at a variety of sites (i.e., community mental health, residential treatment centers, university counseling centers).
Interests
My research is focused on ally development and ways in which individuals navigate discussions about inequality and engage effectively with out-group members. I’m particularly interested in research on color-blind racial ideology and amnestic heterosexism.
Selected Scholarship:
Watson, L.B., Velez, B., Craney, R., & Greenwalt, S. (2022). The cost of visibility: Minority stress, sexual assault, and traumatic stress among bisexual women and gender expansive people. Journal of Bisexuality. Online first.
Watson, L.B., Craney, R., Greenwalt, S., Beaumont, M., & Whitney, C. (2021). “I was a game or a fetish object”: Bisexual women’s sexual assault experiences and effects on sexual identity. Journal of Bisexuality, 2, 225-261. doi: 10.1080/15299716.2021.1932008
Morgan, S. K., & Langrehr, K. J. (2019). Transracially adoptive parents’ colorblindness and discrimination recognition: Adoption stigma as moderator. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25, 242-252. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000219
Langrehr, K. J., Morgan, S. K., Ross, J., Oh, M., & Chong, W. W. (2019). Racist experiences, openness to discussing racism, and attitudes toward ethnic heritage activities: Adoptee-parent discrepancies. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 10, 91-102. doi: 10.1037/aap0000128
Watson, L. B., Morgan, S. K., & Craney, R. (2018). Bisexual women’s discrimination and mental health outcomes: The roles of resilience and collective action. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 5, 182-193. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000272
Brownfield, J. M., Flores, M. J., Morgan, S. K., Allen, L., & Marszalek, J. (2018). Development and psychometric properties of the Evasive Attitudes of Sexual Orientation Scale (EASOS). Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 5, 44-56. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000256
Education
Ph.D., University of Missouri – Kansas City, 2020
M.A., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2013
B.A., Coker College, 2011
Courses Taught
PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology w/Lab
PSYC 236 Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 323 Psychology of Gender
PSYC 352 Internship: Mindful Monmouth Mental Health Peer Educators
PSYC 355 Theories of Counseling
PSYC 420 Research Seminar
INTG 488 Social Issues & Community Care
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